Chelsea will not move for January striker, insists Jose Mourinho

Jackson Martinez has been linked with a move to Chelsea (Picture: Getty)

Chelsea will not be moving for a new striker in January, insists boss Jose Mourinho.

The Blues have been linked with deals for the likes of Radamel Falcao and Jackson Martinez when the window reopens at the turn of the year, with the club’s current strikeforce struggling for regular goals.

But despite recent injuries to Fernando Torres and now Samuel Eto’o, Mourinho insists he will continue to entrust the pair, along with Demba Ba, until the end of the season.

‘It’s not true what I read a couple of days ago, that his [Martinez’s] agent was in London meeting with me,’ he said.

‘We are going to the end of the season with Fernando [Torres], Samuel [Eto’o] and Demba [Ba].

‘No one is coming in, no one is going out.’

Mourinho confirmed Eto’o will be out for around two weeks with a muscular injury sustained in Tuesday’s Champions League defeat to Basel, meaning Torres is likely to return to the starting XI to lead the line against Southampton on Sunday.